Politics & Policy

The third pandemic session of the year has come down to negotiations between the...

The Baton Rouge mayoral primary is shaping up to be a three-person race, with Democratic incumbent Sharon Weston Broome far out in front and Republican challengers Steve Carter and Matt Watson neck-in-neck for the No. 2 spot in the December runoff.

Nearly 110,000 Louisiana homeowners were unable to pay on their mortgages in September—including some...

While planners, thinkers and policymakers are talking a lot these days about how the COVID-19 pandemic will change the way we design and build our communities in the future, some of those changes are already taking place, say experts, who spoke at the opening session today of the Center for Planning Excellence’s 2020 Virtual Smart Growth Summit.

The Baton Rouge Area Chamber today released its COVID-19 economic indicator dashboard, a report...

If anyone was unsure just how rural the 5th Congressional District can be in...

After being shut down for essentially six months, Baton Rouge doubt reopening so close to the fourth quarter will remedy the significant damage done to their industry, especially given the restrictions.

The parish Mosquito Abatement and Rodent Control board unanimously decided to scrap its longtime...

• The death toll from the spread of the coronavirus in the U.S. exceeded...

Efforts by conservative legislators to rein in the order-making authority of Louisiana’s Democratic governor...